Something like this happened to me when I took Velvateen to the vet a few months ago! Another lady was at the receptionist desk waiting for her receipt and looked in my carrier and said how cute Velvateen was and how her son got two rabbits and they ended up having babies and that there were like 50 of them (!!!!!!!!!!!!) and they were oh-so-cute. I looked at my boyfriend and then I said something like, “Yeah, it’s completely unforgivable how people treat these poor animals. I hope SOMEONE taught him a lesson” and then turned my nose up at her. Certainly not the best thing to say, but I was so angry that this woman was proud of her son having 50 BABY BUNNIES. Ugh.

I feel for both of you, Stickerbunny and Tate. It is very hard not to react with outrage when people are so ignorant about these poor animals! Someone I know is breeding snakes, which, yeah I know, it’s snakes… But this is an important matter too! There are enough homeless animals in the world, over-bred, badly treated… And how people can’t automatically see this is a problem is beyond my understanding.

For what it’s worth, snakes are treated just as poorly as rabbits by the breeders. They are usually kept in a “rack system” which is basically like those plastic bin shelving units… very small spaces, generally no light (although most snakes- at least common snakes- don’t need any light) or logs to climb on or under. They are kept this way until they sell and they aren’t even able to stretch out, usually they have to stay curled up. :\